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BOOKS ON DECLARER PLAY

Item Image25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer
by Barbara Seagram • David Bird
List Price: $18.95  Sale Price: $9.47
192 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

This book deals with the play of the cards as declarer, perhaps the most important part of the game. As usual in the '25' series, basic ideas on the strategies and tactics available to declarer are covered comprehensively in the early part of the book, while in later chapters, more advanced players will find ideas and topics that challenge their own understanding of the game. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageA Bridge to Simple Squeezes
by Julian Laderman
List Price: $18.95  Sale Price: $9.47
152 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Most bridge players find squeeze play the hardest technique to learn. It has unavoidable technical aspects that for many make it impenetrable. In this award-winning book, the reader is taken slowly and carefully through the basics, and by the end will be confident that they too can execute simple squeezes at the table. This second edition reflects many enhancements and improvements made to the or . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageBridge Endplays For Everyone
by David Bird
List Price: $21.95  Sale Price: $10.97
271 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

This straightforward book makes endplays understandable. The endplay is an aspect of declarer play at bridge that many players think is beyond them. Yet while endplays can be extremely complex, the basic principles are not. Five years ago, David Bird wrote Bridge Squeezes for Everyone, a book about an even more complex topic that has become a modern classic. Using the same straightforward, conver . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageBridge Squeezes for Everyone
by David Bird
List Price: $19.95  Sale Price: $9.97
221 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Did you always think squeezes were too difficult? Or perhaps you know the basics but now you want to learn about more complex and advanced squeeze positions? If you fit either of these categories, or even if you just want to improve your understanding of an important aspect of declarer play, this book is for you. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageChallenge Your Declarer Play
by Danny Roth
List Price: $15.95  Sale Price: $7.97
128 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

In this quiz book, the well-known author, Danny Roth, has compiled a set of challenges that will test readers' ability as a declarer, and at the same time, introduce some stratagems that may be unfamiliar. The hands are tougher than those in Focus on Declarer Play, and they are not presented in the same teaching mode, rather, they are in a random order as one might encounter them at the bridge ta . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageClues from the Bidding at Bridge
by Julian Pottage
List Price: $17.95  Sale Price: $8.97
160 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Defenders invariably base their strategy on declarer's bidding. Yet so often declarers fail to return the compliment: they flail away without a thought of what the defenders have or have not done. Just one bid from an opponent may tip off declarer to the winning play - perhaps warning of a bad break or that a finesse is doomed. When the defenders have made several bids the declarer may be able to . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageDeclarer Play The Bergen Way
How to Make More Contracts
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $18.95  Sale Price: $9.47
216 pages. Hardcover.

Techniques every declarer must know. 2005 Bridge Book of the Year. Guaranteed to do wonders for your bridge game, this book shows you the right way to size up the hand when dummy is tabled. One of the most popular bridge authors of our time, Marty Bergen, Mr. POINTS SCHMOINTS, explains: What to count, and how to do it the easy way - How to find extra entries when they are most needed - Why squeez . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageEddie Kantar Teaches: Topics in Declarer Play at Bridge
by Eddie Kantar
List Price: $25.95  Sale Price: $12.97
240 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Kantar's two-book series on Bridge Defense ( Modern Bridge Defense and Advanced Bridge Defense) won an ABTA Book of the Year Award in 1999. This new book addresses a more popular topic, using a similar approach. While not a comprehensive treatment of declarer play at bridge, this book deals with specific topics exhaustively, and will be invaluable to the improving player: finesses (when and how t . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageEntry Management (BT)
Bridge Technique Series
by David Bird • Marc Smith
List Price: $7.95  Sale Price: $3.97
64 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageEntry Management (TYBT)
Test Your Bridge Technique Series
by David Bird • Tim Bourke
List Price: $9.95  Sale Price: $4.97
104 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageFocus on Declarer Play
by Danny Roth
List Price: $14.95  Sale Price: $7.47
128 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

For most intermediate bridge players, declarer play is both fascinating and challenging, but too often they are left after a hand is over with the sinking feeling that they could have done better. In this book, acclaimed British author Danny Roth takes his readers through the most common causes of errors on play: mishandling communications, making errors involving trumps, failing to take advantag . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageHow To Play Card Combinations
by Mike Lawrence
List Price: $14.95  Sale Price: $11.96
227 pages. Paperback.

52 hands presented as problems. Discusses the proper way to play each combination. Each hand concludes with further analysis. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageHow To Read Your Opponents' Cards
by Mike Lawrence
List Price: $14.95  Sale Price: $11.96
175 pages. Paperback.

Each chapter takes a principle, helps the reader understand it, and gives examples, plus a quiz on the subject. A great help if you seem to guess right half the time or less when playing the dummy. Winner of Book of the Year award. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageMore Declarer Play The Bergen Way
How to Make More Contracts
by Marty Bergen
List Price: $18.95  Sale Price: $9.47
216 pages. Hardcover.

Sequel to the award-winning book. A proven approach to winning! Demonstrates and illustrates the right way to think about the hand when dummy is tabled. After reading this book, you'll be delighted when the tricks start rolling in. One of the most popular bridge authors of our time, Marty Bergen, Mr. Points Schmoints, explains: - How to give yourself an extra chance to make the hand - When to dra . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageTest Your Play As Declarer - Vol. 1
by Paul Lukacs • Jeff Rubens
List Price: $16.95  Sale Price: $13.56
190 pages. Paperback.

Two famous internationalists teach you how to analyze and play out the difficult hands that separate the neophytes from the prize winners. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageTest Your Play As Declarer - Vol. 2
by Paul Lukacs • Jeff Rubens
List Price: $16.95  Sale Price: $13.56
202 pages. Paperback.

Two famous internationalists teach you how to analyze and play out the difficult hands that separate the neophytes from the prize winners. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageThe Bridge World's Test Your Play
by Jeff Rubens
List Price: $11.95  Sale Price: $9.56
164 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

North America's oldest and most prestigious bridge magazine, The Bridge World features a monthly column entitled 'Test your Play', which presents difficult problems in declarer play for readers to solve. This is a collection of some of the best of these from the last twenty years; if you can solve even half of them, you may be one of the best declarers in the world! . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageThe Extra Edge in Play at Bridge
by Terence Reese • Julian Pottage
List Price: $16.95  Sale Price: $13.56
160 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess champion, once said: "You have found a good move - fine - now look for a better one." The same advice holds true in bridge. If you settle for second best, you will not achieve your full potential. Through a series of problems that are both fresh and a genuine test of skill, the reader is offered the chance to become accustomed to looking for that extra edge. Whe . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageTricks With Finesses (BT)
Bridge Technique Series
by David Bird • Marc Smith
List Price: $7.95  Sale Price: $3.97
64 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. At this price, what bridge player could stand not to have al . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageVirtual European Championship (Part 1)
Dynamic Declarer Play
by Krzysztof Martens
List Price: $24.95  Sale Price: $19.96
230 pages. Paperback.

Huge collection of advanced play deals in a simulated European Championship. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageVirtual European Championship (Part 2)
Dynamic Declarer Play
by Krzysztof Martens
List Price: $24.95  Sale Price: $19.96
249 pages. Paperback.

Huge collection of advanced play deals in a simulated European Championship. . . . read more.